Mine Index Number: 0961
| Company Name:
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Mid State Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Rapatee Mine
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| Start Date:
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1976
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End Date:
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August 1996
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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1,629
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Pit or tipple
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Fulton
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8N 3E
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1
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SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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50-70
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3.43-4.07
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Surface
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| Springfield
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10-100
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3.5-4.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The Springfield Coal had a plethora of clay dikes, with up to 10 clay dikes observed along a 500-foot stretch of highwall. The high sulphur content contributed to the mine closing.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 10,052,224
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangles
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2004
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, pit location, seam, depth, geologic problems.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| Coal Section files, 6-392 (1985) - Pit identification.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
